Services & Products at McMichael Chiropractic Clinic

Nutrition & Supplements

The importance of nutrition & diet is too often overlooked or undervalued. We understand how important nutrition & diet is because we have seen such dramatic results when patients dedicate themselves to making significant improvements in their nutrition. Trying to improve one's health or prevent problems can be challenging without addressing proper nutrition. There is a lot of misinformation available on the subject, so we believe it is our duty to help patients find the best information and apply it to their everyday lives.

Read about some of the services & products we use to help our patients improve their nutrition:

Nutritional & Dietary Evaluation & Testing

• Diet Record Evaluation - Looking at a record of everything you have had to eat or drink over one week helps us understand what specific improvements you need to work on and allows us to give you the most relevant recommendations.
• Functional Stress Test - The doctor manually checks for tenderness at specific points of your body and perform functional tests to evaluate how well different systems of your body are performing. For example: tenderness over your stomach may indicate problems with digestion in your stomach, even if you don't notice indigestion.
• Lab Tests (blood work) - The doctors order blood tests (to be performed at the hospital or lab of your choice) to check for common and uncommon indicators of how well your body is functioning.
• Symptom Surveying - A detailed evaluation of symptoms or complaints noted by each patient helps the doctors identify which systems of the body are under the most stress.
• Toxicity Scoring - Similar to Symptom Surveying, the Toxicity Questionnaire reveals symptoms that may be arising from poor nutrition or other lifestyle choices that should be improved.

Nutritional & Dietary Recommendations & Counseling
Every patient has different strengths, weaknesses, and needs when it comes to nutrition. Our doctors take the time to understand what priorities patients want to be addressed as well as those that need to be addressed. Some patients need to take one step at a time and make gradual improvements, while others prefer to make big changes to dramatically improve their health in a short period of time.

Enhanced Purification Program
For those that want to make the biggest improvement in the shortest period of time, our 21-day Purification Program is the best method we have found. We have been using the Standard Process Purification Program with enhancements to help patients achieve dramatic results. In addition to the regular program, we include services that help ensure patient success:

• Initial Consultation & Evaluation - Our doctors perform most of the tests noted above to determine what problems need to be addressed and whether you are ready to perform the 21-day Program.
• Weekly Check-up with Doctor - We check your vitals and discuss your progress as well as answering any questions.
• Final Evaluation - Our doctors re-evaluate you after completing the program to confirm your progress and determine remaining issues.
• Follow-up Recommendations - While the program is meant to jump start you in the right direction, it is designed to produce new habits and help you continue with a healthy lifestyle. Our doctors will discuss how you can continue to live healthy and further improve your health.

The most common reasons our patients complete the Purification Program include: weight loss, improved cholesterol, improved blood pressure, reduce fatigue & improve energy levels, improve digestion.

Whole Food Supplements - Standard Process
High Dose Supplements -  Carlson's
Extra Virgin Coconut Oil - Nutiva

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A Case of High Blood Pressure, Anxiety, Fatigue & Indigestion - Don B.

"Prior to the purification program I experienced restlessness, above normal level of anxiety, lack of focus, blood pressure leaning towards level 1 hypertensive state (135/66 avg) even on blood pressure meds, weighed 18 more pounds than recommended by [hernia] surgeon, craved carbohydrates, snacked between meals more when under unusual stress, reduced stamina & fatigued easily.

Nearing the final day of the purification program I find that I'm much calmer, more focused, blood pressure has dropped significantly (112/59 avg), abdominal bloating & gas reduced, lost my cravings for carbohydrates by the end of the 2nd week, snack only on veggies & fruit, increased stamina, less fatigue & feel better in general. Oh, I almost forgot I've lost 15 pounds in 21 days.

It has been 2 or 3 years since I felt this good.

I had no idea how much the food & drink we ingest daily can affect our whole system. The significant, positive changes to my physical & mental state in just the 21 days of this program are totally amazing!!"

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